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Description: |
xiii, 509 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-488) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Part 1. Wildlife ecology. Food and nutrition -- Home range and habitat use -- Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution -- Population growth and regulation -- Competition and facilitation between species -- Predation -- Parasites and pathogens -- Consumer-resource dynamics -- The ecology of behavior -- Climate change and wildlife -- Part 2. Wildlife conservation and management. Counting animals -- Age and stage structure -- Experimental management -- Model evaluation and adaptive management -- Population viability analysis -- Conservation in practice -- Wildlife harvesting -- Wildlife control -- Evolution and conservation genetics -- Habitat loss and metapopulation dynamics -- Ecosystem management and conservation. |